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Where is Mercury Now

Welcome to the MESSENGER Education and Public Outreach homepage!

NOTICE! Mercury could be visible in your nighttime sky during the month of May... (Find out here)

Previously unseen view of Mercury

Mission update: First Mercury flyby on January 14th, 2008

The MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers above the surface of Mercury, imaging parts of the planet that have never been seen by a spacecraft before! Learn more

The image at right was captured with the Wide Angle Camera, part of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS), onboard MESSENGER. Learn more about this and other images



About the MESSENGER Education and Public Outreach website

In developing this site, writers, filmmakers, educators, scientists, and engineers are working together to bring the exciting science of MESSENGER to everyone. Here you will find a wealth of resources about the planet Mercury and about the MESSENGER mission. If you are a student or teacher make sure you check out the special sections containing educational materials and opportunities. For interested community members there are background materials as well as up-to-date information on the progress of the mission. The partner organizations in this Education and Public Outreach effort are described here.

 

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